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Sir Robert Walpole

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Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)

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Sir Robert Walpole used to say, that it was fortunate so few men could be prime ministers, as it was best that few should thoroughly know the shocking wickedness of mankind. I never heard him say, that all men have their prices; and I believe no such expression ever came from his mouth. Horace Walpole

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